Publication Items

Climate Concerns Dominate Reporting Outlook at SEJ Annual Event [1]

An overflow crowd of environmental reporters and others gathered in Washington, D.C., last week at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual look-ahead on environment and energy news to hear what speakers like the former United Nations head and top journalists see as the news to watch for. Find out what one story dominated. Plus, watch video of the full program.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Environment, Energy Issues Will Make Headlines in 2020 [19]

As part of our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [20]” to help reporters track the stories coming their way this year, SEJournal Online looks ahead to major developments on the beat — from Washington, D.C. to the Arctic, from public lands to fossil fuels. We also explore pending news on transportation, agriculture, nukes, federal funding, freedom of information and even algae. Also under our gaze, key facets of the climate story. Read our overview analysis and then dive deep into the full offering of special Backgrounders, TipSheets and WatchDogs.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [21]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Food [23]
Forests [24]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Policy [15]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Environment, Energy Issues Will Make Headlines in 2020 [19]
Future of Nuclear Power Hangs in Balance of Climate, Costs [31]

Safety has traditionally been the key question when discussing the realities of nuclear power. But in assessing the future of the nuclear industry amid debates over its potential to help tackle the climate crisis, the latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & the Environment” reports that there may be an equally pressing concern.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [33]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Journalism & Media [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [34]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
International [17]
Canada [39]
Asia [40]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Future of Nuclear Power Hangs in Balance of Climate, Costs [31]
Soiled Skies Incite ‘Choked’ Author To Pursue Air Pollution Story [41]

The data on dirty air is devastating. But it wasn’t just the numbers that prompted freelance journalist Beth Gardiner to chase the story of worsening air pollution around the globe. It was also the impact on human lives and the intersection with politics, power and money. She explains in our latest feature story. Plus, resources for your own reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [42]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Politics [10]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [43]
Policy [15]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Asia [40]
Europe [44]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Soiled Skies Incite ‘Choked’ Author To Pursue Air Pollution Story [41]
Ongoing Climate Change Will Bring More Bad News on Health in 2020 [45]

Illness, injury, death. Those are the worsening health impacts of climate change, as global warming shifts disease vectors, encourages bacteria and foodborne illness, and leaves people increasingly suffering from heat, smog, smoke, allergies and other risks of extreme weather. Our latest TipSheet helps you get a handle on the sprawling health-climate story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [21]
Air [42]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [47]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [9]
Food [23]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [43]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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News Can Net Eyeballs By Turning Dweebish Data Into Magic Maps [48]

When it comes to telling environment and energy stories, especially about place and scale, data visualizations can turn an average story into a standout. Reporter’s Toolbox takes a look at some recent examples of inspiring data-mapping projects that provide insight into everything from auto emissions and floods to vanishing rivers and whipping winds.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [42]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [27]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
California [34]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [51]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [52]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about News Can Net Eyeballs By Turning Dweebish Data Into Magic Maps [48]
‘Waterfront Porch: Reclaiming Detroit’s Industrial Waterfront As a Gathering Place for All’ [55]

The Detroit River, a key Great Lakes shipping channel, was once the repository of millions of gallons of industrial discharge. But as a new book attests, Detroit’s industrial waterfront has in the last 50 years undergone a remarkable recovery that offers hope for the cleanup of other polluted Rust Belt towns. Read our BookShelf review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [57]

To help better cover climate change news, including during the upcoming United Nations Climate Action Summit, Sept. 23, in New York, the SEJournal offers a range of resources. Get the latest climate change headlines and EJToday's curated climate coverage. Check out our range of climate-related Issue Backgrounders, TipSheets and Reporter's Toolboxes, plus our Climate Change Guide and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [42]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [57]
Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [59]

It’s poisoning fresh waters across the United States, as well as elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Blue-green algae is on the rise, lingering later and later into the year. Our new Issue Backgrounder explains the contributing factors behind the potent toxin’s scourge, its societal and public health ramifications, and the many angles and resources to tell the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [47]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [9]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [43]
Planning & Growth [60]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [34]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
International [17]
Canada [39]
Mexico [61]
Africa [62]
Antarctica & Arctic [63]
Asia [40]
Australia & Oceania [64]
Central America & the Caribbean [65]
Europe [44]
South America [66]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [59]
Hurricane Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [67]

To help better cover Hurricane Dorian, SEJournal offers a range of resources. Get the latest hurricane headlines [68], see our Hurricane Toolbox [69], a Backgrounder [70] on hurricanes and another on infrastructure [71], and a range of hurricane TipSheets on getting ready [72], reporting the numbers [73], storm surge [74], flooding [75] and flood insurance [76], dam failures [77] and toxic floodwaters [78] (plus more [79]). Also, an Inside Story [80] on how an SEJ Award-winner looked ahead at prospects of a perfect storm, and a hurricane-inspired student project [81].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Journalism & Media [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
International [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [65]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Hurricane Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [67]

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